Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings: .5 PPR

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Another year, another holdout for Le’veon Bell. Weeeee!!! Time to ride the wave of the uncertain. We did it last season with Ezekiel Elliott when a suspension was looming every week. Now, Bell will most likely hold out for a prolonged period of time. This makes my Week 1 fantasy football rankings look a lot different than we thought they would just a week ago.

LeVeon Bell agent paints the picture to @SiriusXMNFL that his client is out to preserve his body for next year’s free agency. Wouldn’t say when he’d show but did say (paraphrase) “he will be there when he gets there” @TheAthleticPGH

James Conner is a full-blown locked and loaded Rb2 with RB1 upside for as long as he is the starter for the Steelers. We saw DeAngelo Williams put up RB1 numbers just three seasons ago when he was the RB4 overall in Fantasy. Conner is a notable player that has shot up my rankings and should be started in all formats in Week 1.

Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings

Ok, let’s turn this piece up a notch…. IT IS WHEELS UP FOR KENNY STILLS. He is my current RB11 for Week 1. Last season he finished as the WR27 in .5 PPR. He is playing the Titans this week and will be the Dolphin’s WR1 for Week 1.

I expect Ryan Tannehill and the Dolphins t0 pass a lot in this game. Stills’ speed and deep-play ability make him a great flex start in Week 1.

In San Francisco, Alfred Morris is now the projected back who will get the most usage. While Matt Breida is a pass-catching running back, he is less than 200 pounds which will limit his durability and workload.

Anthony Miller will be a force to be reckoned with out of the slot for the Bears. Defenses will have a hard time locking in on him with Trey Burton on the other side (or right next to him in the Bears’ patent bunch formation). He is now a WR3 in my Fantasy Football Rankings.

QB

RB

WR

TE

Rnk

Name

Team

1

Drew Brees

NO

2

Cam Newton

CAR

3

Aaron Rodgers

GB

4

Deshaun Watson

HOU

5

Philip Rivers

LAC

6

Matthew Stafford

DET

7

Tom Brady

NE

8

Kirk Cousins

MIN

9

Russell Wilson

SEA

10

Pat Mahomes

KC

11

Marcus Mariota

TEN

12

Jared Goff

LAR

13

Tyrod Taylor

CLE

14

Ryan Tannehill

MIA

15

Ben Roethlisberger

PIT

16

Andy Dalton

CIN

17

Andrew Luck

IND

18

Joe Flacco

BAL

19

Jimmy Garoppolo

SF

20

Case Keenum

DEN

21

Matt Ryan

ATL

22

Dak Prescott

DAL

23

Blake Bortles

JAC

24

Alex Smith

WSH

25

Mitch Trubisky

CHI

Rnk

Name

Team

1

Todd Gurley

LAR

2

David Johnson

ARI

3

Melvin Gordon

LAC

4

Alvin Kamara

NO

5

Leonard Fournette

JAC

6

Ezekiel Elliott

DAL

7

Christian McCaffrey

CAR

8

Kareem Hunt

KC

9

Alex Collins

BAL

10

Saquon Barkley

NYG

11

Dalvin Cook

MIN

12

James Conner

PIT

13

Derrick Henry

TEN

14

Jordan Howard

CHI

15

Joe Mixon

CIN

16

Lamar Miller

HOU

17

Carlos Hyde

CLE

18

Devonta Freeman

ATL

19

LeGarrette Blount

DET

20

Royce Freeman

DEN

21

Jay Ajayi

PHI

22

James White

NE

23

LeSean McCoy

BUF

24

Rex Burkhead

NE

25

Jamaal Williams

GB

26

Peyton Barber

TB

27

Kenyan Drake

MIA

28

Latavius Murray

MIN

29

Mike Gillislee

NE

30

Dion Lewis

TEN

31

Marshawn Lynch

OAK

32

Ty Montgomery

GB

33

Jordan Wilkins

IND

34

Chris Thompson

WSH

35

Tevin Coleman

ATL

36

Chris Carson

SEA

37

Isaiah Crowell

NYJ

38

Tarik Cohen

CHI

39

Adrian Peterson

WSH

40

Theo Riddick

DET

41

Matt Breida

SF

42

C.J. Anderson

CAR

43

Alfred Morris

SF

44

Giovani Bernard

CIN

45

T.J. Yeldon

JAC

46

Jeremy Hill

NE

47

Duke Johnson

CLE

48

Bilal Powell

NYJ

49

Frank Gore

MIA

50

Devontae Booker

DEN

Rnk

Name

Team

1

Antonio Brown

PIT

2

Michael Thomas

NO

3

DeAndre Hopkins

HOU

4

Keenan Allen

LAC

5

Stefon Diggs

MIN

6

Odell Beckham Jr.

NYG

7

Julio Jones

ATL

8

Davante Adams

GB

9

A.J. Green

CIN

10

Kenny Stills

MIA

11

Golden Tate

DET

12

Larry Fitzgerald

ARI

13

Jarvis Landry

CLE

14

Tyreek Hill

KC

15

Mike Evans

TB

16

T.Y. Hilton

IND

17

Doug Baldwin

SEA

18

Marvin Jones

DET

19

Chris Hogan

NE

20

Adam Thielen

MIN

21

Emmanuel Sanders

DEN

22

JuJu Smith-Schuster

PIT

23

Cooper Kupp

LAR

24

Amari Cooper

OAK

25

Will Fuller

HOU

26

Brandin Cooks

LAR

27

Nelson Agholor

PHI

28

Corey Davis

TEN

29

Josh Gordon

CLE

30

Demaryius Thomas

DEN

31

Tyrell Williams

LAC

32

Sammy Watkins

KC

33

Allen Robinson

CHI

34

Michael Crabtree

BAL

35

D.J. Moore

CAR

36

Randall Cobb

GB

37

Jamison Crowder

WSH

38

Chris Godwin

TB

39

Calvin Ridley

ATL

40

Devin Funchess

CAR

41

Allen Hurns

DAL

42

Robert Woods

LAR

43

Tre'Quan Smith

NO

44

Robby Anderson

NYJ

45

Josh Doctson

WSH

46

John Ross

CIN

47

Taywan Taylor

TEN

48

Mike Williams

LAC

49

Danny Amendola

MIA

50

John Brown

BAL

Rnk

Name

Team

1

Rob Gronkowski

NE

2

Travis Kelce

KC

3

Jimmy Graham

GB

4

Kyle Rudolph

MIN

5

Zach Ertz

PHI

6

Delanie Walker

TEN

7

O.J. Howard

TB

8

Trey Burton

CHI

9

Greg Olsen

CAR

10

Benjamin Watson

NO

11

Jack Doyle

IND

12

Jordan Reed

WSH

13

Evan Engram

NYG

14

Tyler Eifert

CIN

15

Charles Clay

BUF

16

Mike Gesicki

MIA

17

David Njoku

CLE

18

Ricky Seals-Jones

ARI

19

George Kittle

SF

20

Mark Andrews

BAL

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